Help in Your State: Minnesota
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Help in Your State: North Dakota
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Help in Your State: Washington
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Help in Your State: Arizona
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Help in Your State: Kentucky
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Help in Your State: Texas
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Help in Your State: Idaho
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Help in Your State: New Hampshire
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Help in Your State: Puerto Rico
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Help in Your State: District of Columbia
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Help in Your State: Mississippi
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The OVC Center for VOCA Administrators
The OVC Center for VOCA Administrators provides no-cost training and technical assistance to Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Administrators and offers opportunities for expert consultation, peer-to-peer collaboration, problem-solving, training, and innovation. A resource library features toolkits, videos, and other materials to strengthen victim assistance and compensation programs and services. VOCA Administrators can request assistance by contacting their State Victim Resource Division Grant Manager.
OVC Awards Over $1.2 Billion to Support Victims
These OVC awards will provide critical support for victim assistance and victim compensation programs throughout the Nation.
New Center Offers Support to VOCA Administrators
OVC Director Kristina Rose announces the launch of the OVC Center for VOCA Administrators to help build the capacity of VOCA Administrators to manage VOCA formula victim assistance and victim compensation funds.
President Biden Signs the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021
On Thursday, July 22, 2021, Amy L. Solomon, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, and Kristina Rose, Director, Office for Victims of Crime, joined President Biden and Vice President Harris at the signing of the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 in a historic effort to stabilize the Crime Victims Fund.
OVC FY 2021 VOCA Victim Assistance Formula Grant
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OVC FY 2021 Building State Technology Capacity
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Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation
Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation
Older adults are especially vulnerable to violent crime, neglect, and exploitation, including financial fraud. The effects of these crimes can be devastating, and older adults may be targeted at rates that outpace the services available to help the growing number of victims. Not surprisingly, elder abuse results in a wide range of negative health impacts, including the increased likelihood of...
Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve
Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve
Following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Congress amended VOCA to authorize OVC to allocate up to $50 million per year from the Crime Victims Fund to establish the Antiterrorism Emergency Reserve (Reserve). The Reserve provides help primarily through funding for immediate and direct services for victims of terrorism and criminal mass violence within the United States and abroad, supplemental funding provided directly...
VOCA Compensation Highlights
VOCA Compensation Highlights
OVC’s VOCA Compensation Formula Grant Program reimburses victims for financial losses resulting from their victimization. OVC disburses these funds to supplement state programs that provide financial assistance and reimbursement to victims for crime-related expenses, including medical and dental care, counseling, funeral and burial expenses, and lost wages. Compensation programs may also reimburse victims for other types of expenses related to their victimization...
Serving Victims Everywhere
Serving Victims Everywhere
OVC believes that crime victims should have access to the evidence-based services and support they need to begin their physical, emotional, and financial recovery. However, OVC recognizes that there are serious challenges to achieving this goal. Strengthening connections across allied fields to expand the availability and quality of services that impact a victim’s healing are among these challenges.
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2021 Report to the Nation
Introduction
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is pleased to present this report of activities during fiscal years (FY) 2019 and 2020. Every year, OVC supports millions of victims of crime. The core of this support is the Crime Victims Fund (the Fund), which is financed not by tax dollars, but by fines, bond forfeitures, and penalties from offenders in federal cases. In FY...
Victims of the Addiction Crisis
Victims of the Addiction Crisis
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, parental substance abuse is one adverse childhood experience associated with a range of negative outcomes later in life. Children and youth who are exposed to parental substance abuse may be at greater risk for crime victimization during their lifetimes, including child abuse and neglect, human trafficking, intimate...
Capacity-Building Overview
Capacity-Building Overview
OVC programming in FYs 2019 and 2020 focused on building capacity in a number of key areas. OVC supported many programs to combat human trafficking and help survivors of this terrible crime; and to plan for, respond to, and serve victims of acts of terrorism and mass violence. OVC also strengthened its support for a wide range of law enforcement organizations and their...